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Post by lynette on Aug 29, 2019 10:32:47 GMT
Hmm, I haven’t followed on twitter so might have missed something. Tbh I thought the 20 year old should have gone cos he didn’t present a proper technical. End of. And his showstopper was dull. The guy who went made much more of an effort. They love the ones who will engage the young don’t they? But they used to have a kids’ version of the show so why not stick to that? There are many baking people now who sell their creations and they are usually amateurs turned pro. Not one of the contestants on the show can on this first show’s viewing hold a candle to any of them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2019 12:33:26 GMT
Elimination decisions are based solely on the Showstopper round so no, not really "end of", saying that someone should have been eliminated for how they did on the previous day...
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Post by lynette on Aug 30, 2019 12:39:22 GMT
I didn’t know that elimination is judged solely on the showstopper. I thought they took into account the previous rounds. But even in that case, the showstopper the young man presented was dull and much less ambitious than any of the others.
If they don’t take into account the technical round why bother with it? Even i could practice a cake at home for years until it was perfect but wouldn’t have a clue on the tech round.
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Post by robertb213 on Aug 30, 2019 12:47:44 GMT
They have never said that the decisions are based solely on the Showstopper round. They use it as a guide if someone has only done well in one of the first two rounds. Likewise if someone has smashed the first two rounds but buggered up the Showstopper, they wouldn't send them home just because of that, most likely they would just be out of the running for Star Baker.
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Post by lynette on Aug 30, 2019 16:12:49 GMT
Elimination decisions are based solely on the Showstopper round so no, not really "end of", saying that someone should have been eliminated for how they did on the previous day... Baemax, how do you know this? |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Aug 31, 2019 7:42:11 GMT
Good first week that. A lovely programme
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 5, 2019 9:31:09 GMT
Oh well, I suppose he wasn’t really serious enough about It to knuckle down to it. Too busy ‘having a laugh’. Think on James, while you’re having a laugh someone else is nicking the prize from under your nose. Life lessons!
Scary Spice needs to buck her ideas up now or it’ll be her next week. The posh vet is ver ver Celia Johnson, speaks so fast and clipped I can barely understand what she’s going on about. Was it a chicken?. Alice is good but a bit too class swot-ish to be likeable. The good looking bloke who jogs with his bf is understated and classy with the eye for detail. His fig roles were ridiculously perfect. Watch him!
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Post by alece10 on Sept 5, 2019 11:25:49 GMT
Oh well, I suppose he wasn’t really serious enough about It to knuckle down to it. Too busy ‘having a laugh’. Think on James, while you’re having a laugh someone else is nicking the prize from under your nose. Life lessons! Scary Spice needs to buck her ideas up now or it’ll be her next week. The posh vet is ver ver Celia Johnson, speaks so fast and clipped I can barely understand what she’s going on about. Was it a chicken?. Alice is good but a bit too class swot-ish to be likeable. The good looking bloke who jogs with his bf is understated and classy with the eye for detail. His fig roles were ridiculously perfect. Watch him! And not just his fig rolls that were perfect. I agree he is one to watch. Also organ man might be a slow burner. |
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Post by lynette on Sept 5, 2019 12:02:52 GMT
I know , those perfect fig roles! To be honest an easy task. I like it when they don’t know what they heading towards.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 5, 2019 12:10:44 GMT
Looks like our spell checkers are related lynette 😐 |
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Post by BoOverall on Sept 5, 2019 19:29:58 GMT
Hmm fig rolls: perhaps not the trickiest of technicals apart from the particular pastry for them that is a bit hard to work with in the time. But interesting to watch. And definitely the right result elimination-wise.
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Post by lynette on Sept 5, 2019 19:36:17 GMT
Looks like our spell checkers are related lynette 😐 No def my dramatic side coming out |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 7, 2019 18:23:05 GMT
What's happened to Extra Slice?
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Post by theatremadness on Sept 7, 2019 18:29:43 GMT
What's happened to Extra Slice? It's on Channel 4, Friday nights at 8pm. If you mean what's happened as in "what on earth has happened to this show", that I can't answer. I love it!! |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 7, 2019 18:43:48 GMT
What's happened to Extra Slice? It's on Channel 4, Friday nights at 8pm. If you mean what's happened as in "what on earth has happened to this show", that I can't answer. I love it!! Thanks. I couldn't find it in the schedule so thought it had been cancelled. I love it too apart from Tom Allen who's novelty value wore off a while ago and now I just find him irritating. |
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Post by sophie92 on Sept 10, 2019 21:01:37 GMT
I did enjoy the judges having to pretend someone other than the blatantly obvious choice might go home tonight
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Post by hulmeman on Sept 11, 2019 9:41:39 GMT
Oh well, I suppose he wasn’t really serious enough about It to knuckle down to it. Too busy ‘having a laugh’. Think on James, while you’re having a laugh someone else is nicking the prize from under your nose. Life lessons! Scary Spice needs to buck her ideas up now or it’ll be her next week. The posh vet is ver ver Celia Johnson, speaks so fast and clipped I can barely understand what she’s going on about. Was it a chicken?. Alice is good but a bit too class swot-ish to be likeable. The good looking bloke who jogs with his bf is understated and classy with the eye for detail. His fig roles were ridiculously perfect. Watch him! And not just his fig rolls that were perfect. I agree he is one to watch. Also organ man might be a slow burner. This post just made me laugh so much. "The good looking bloke who jogs with his bf.." "His fig rolls were ridiculously perfect" and then "organ man might be a slow burner". Wonderful alliteration thank you both! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 12:27:51 GMT
The editing of the ‘getting to know you’ footage last night was bonkers.
We see the woman with the Claudia Winkleman fringe on a treadmill. Smashcut to a trainer on a wall, with a hand lifting it up and then our contestant comes into focus as she walks towards the camera and asks if she can help.
The teacher is at home eating cake with her parents. They all laugh. She laughs like she is deranged. There is a super jarring cut back to the tent. This is a very beautiful and probably very lovely person. Why are they using this footage? Why not use the footage where she is just laughing normally?
David, the sexy gay one, is getting a very cheeky edit. He does pottery! Cue hands on the wheel, shaping a suggestive lump of clay. Later on they showed him peeling a banana and taking a bite.
I am finding this season’s bakers very forgettable. I had to ask my husband for David’s name. I think I only know Michelle (the welsh one, who I think will win) by name.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Sept 11, 2019 13:14:44 GMT
I'm very taken by Michael Chakraverty's cheeky grin (handshake guy). And he's a theatre manager (are you hiding on here, Michael?). That red bread thing was beautiful.
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Post by musicallady on Sept 11, 2019 14:50:04 GMT
The omly thing wrong with this show is That Noel person.
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Post by alece10 on Sept 11, 2019 16:17:09 GMT
I'm very taken by Michael Chakraverty's cheeky grin (handshake guy). And he's a theatre manager (are you hiding on here, Michael?). That red bread thing was beautiful. I thought last night they said he was a personal trainer? |
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Sept 11, 2019 16:35:26 GMT
I'm very taken by Michael Chakraverty's cheeky grin (handshake guy). And he's a theatre manager (are you hiding on here, Michael?). That red bread thing was beautiful. I thought last night they said he was a personal trainer? Isn't he an organist? |
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Post by alece10 on Sept 11, 2019 17:58:09 GMT
I thought last night they said he was a personal trainer? Isn't he an organist? The one with glasses who got the Hollywood handshake was shown doing a bicycle class (cant remember the proper name for it) and they said he was a PT which quite surprised me and the one wearing the tie who looks about 14 is the organist. |
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Post by lynette on Sept 11, 2019 18:27:02 GMT
Glad we have that straight. Now, Strictly...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 12, 2019 7:31:09 GMT
The omly thing wrong with this show is That Noel person. I think both he and Sandy Toksvig are cringingly unfunny. I’m sure THEY think they’re being hilarious but her ironic “aren’t I clever” act and his “I’m a bit weird” shtick do nothing for me whatsoever. I dread to think what her forthcoming one woman show is going to be like, I’ve never heard her say anything remotely funny. And wasn't it better back in the early series when we had that nice BBC voiceover man doing the explanation bits? |
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